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Definition: Aircraft operations support in the service of fire and resource management.

(National Interagency Fire Center/Fire Research And Management Exchange System)

There are a number of powerful aerial fire control techniques to support ground control operations when needed, although most fires do not require aerial assistance. Aircraft used in fire operations include air tankers, lead planes, infrared reconnaissance planes, and helicopters.

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7th International Fire Behavior and Fuel Conference

April 15, 2024 (All day) to April 19, 2024 (All day)

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Job: Current and Upcoming Forest Service Job Opportunities (posted Sep 1, 2023)

Check out current and upcoming job opportunities with the USDA Forest Service.

Job: BLM Fire Jobs Portal (posted Sep 1, 2023)

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fire Jobs Portal provides information about the types of positions BLM Fire has to offer, helpful hints for applying, contact information for local BLM fire managers and links to USAJOBS for current vacancies.

Job: Wildland Fire Project Coordinator - Colorado State University and the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) - Fort Collins, CO (posted Nov 18, 2023)

A Wildland Fire Project Coordinator position is available with Colorado State University and the Center for Environmental management of Military Lands (CEMML) to be located in Fort Collins, Colorado. This position will directly support CEMML’s Wildland Fire Program Manager by writing fire management plans and helping to develop and carry out data analyses. This position will require the following...

Deadline: Dec 11, 2023

The Allegheny Society of American Foresters: New Jersey Division Meeting

The Westin Mount Laurel

September 15, 2016 (All day) to September 16, 2016 (All day)

NAFSE will be sponsoring Daniel Dey for travel to talk at this meeting. Daniel is a Project Leader / Research Forester at the USDA Forest Service in Sustainable Management of Central Hardwood Ecosystems and Landscapes. His talk will address: The...

The Allegheny Society of American Foresters: New Jersey Division Meeting

The Westin Mount Laurel

September 14, 2016 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm PDT

Webinar - Meeting the JFSP Data Availability Requirement

August 22, 2016 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm PDT

Presenters: Laurie Porth and Dave Rugg, U.S. Forest Service Research & Development

Host: Southwest Fire Science Consortium

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Webinar - Development of a Micro-UAV for Prescribed Fire Ignitions

July 13, 2016 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm PDT

Presenter: Carrick Detweiler, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska

Webinar Summary: The use of helicopter-based ignition has helped to increase the number of prescribed fire acres but the expense...

Live Demonstration of CO Multi-Mission Aircraft/CO Wildfire Information Management System

June 9, 2016 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm PDT

In place of the regularly scheduled West Region Wildfire Council Meeting, you are invited to attend a live demonstration of the DFPC Multi-Mission Aircraft/ CO- Wildfire Information Management System (CO-WIMS). This demonstration will take place during...

Minnesota Wildfire Academy

Itasca Community College

June 6, 2016 (All day) to June 10, 2016 (All day)

Sponsored by Minnesota Incident Command System (MNICS) partners and Advanced Minnesota...

IAWF 5th Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference

Portland, OR and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

April 11, 2016 (All day) to April 15, 2016 (All day)

Hosted by the International Association of Wildland Fire in conjunction with Bushfire and Natural Hazard Cooperative Research Centre and Bureau of Meteorology. The conference will be held concurrently in two locations: Portland, Oregon, USA and...

Aerial Fire Fighting International Conference

McClellan Conference Center

March 22, 2016 (All day) to March 23, 2016 (All day)

The wildfire season in North America has been a challenging one for all concerned. According to the National Interagency Fire Centre, 6,224,545 acres had been burned by a total of 37,894 fires by 8th August, the second highest in the last decade with...

National Forestry and Wildland Fire Management Conference

March 21, 2016 (All day) to March 25, 2016 (All day)

This conference is intended to provide information on the management of the forestry and wildland fire program, with emphasis on both internal and external partnerships which address the maintenance of healthy and productive forests. Additionally, we...

AFE 6th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress

November 16, 2015 (All day) to November 20, 2015 (All day)

The Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) is hosting the Sixth International Fire Ecology and Management Congress in San Antonio, Texas, USA. This Fire Congress is the sixth in a series that AFE has hosted every third year starting in 2000, and is the...